09-02-2010, 01:09 PM
Tilapia. Congratulations on an unusual catch!
They don't have them at the Grace Fish Hatchery. It is a state run cold water hatchery for trout and they wouldn't plant them.
There is a tilapia farm in the Gentile Valley just up river from Oneida. I raised tilapia for a couple of years with my school class. The guy in Gentile Valley there gave me the fish that I started with. Very nice little operation there.
I doubt if anyone planted them in the river intentionally. Unless someone was giving them a try a Maple Grove Hot Springs. Either way they are probably accidental escapees. Very easy for the escapees to come down to Oneida in the summer time at least. To survive over winter they would need to hang near some of the hot springs. Looks like they are doing well.
I would love to catch a few of those myself.
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They don't have them at the Grace Fish Hatchery. It is a state run cold water hatchery for trout and they wouldn't plant them.
There is a tilapia farm in the Gentile Valley just up river from Oneida. I raised tilapia for a couple of years with my school class. The guy in Gentile Valley there gave me the fish that I started with. Very nice little operation there.
I doubt if anyone planted them in the river intentionally. Unless someone was giving them a try a Maple Grove Hot Springs. Either way they are probably accidental escapees. Very easy for the escapees to come down to Oneida in the summer time at least. To survive over winter they would need to hang near some of the hot springs. Looks like they are doing well.
I would love to catch a few of those myself.
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